The stressors and demands of peacekeeping in Kosovo: predictors of mental health response.
U.S. soldiers' appraisal and experience of the Kosovo peacekeeping mission is described. Using a prospective design, we evaluated the prevalence, severity, and predictors of several mental health outcomes at redeployment. We found that peacekeepers frequently were exposed to potentially traumatizing...
| Publicado en: | Military Medicine Vol. 169; no. 3; pp. 198 - 207 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Mar2004
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